Virtual Yokohama City 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #20 Tofuku-in Temple

     Priest Seinin moved a small hermitage at Oshimadani along Tenryu River in Totomi Province to the present place on April 7, 1627, named it Tofuku-in, and died in it on July 10 in the same year.

     The second shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Hidetada (1579-1632), and his wife, Oeyo (1573-1626), gave birth to 2 sons, Takechiyo and Kunichiyo.  Takechiyo, the elder brother, used to stutter.  Kunichiyo, the younger brother, was blessed with good looks and gifted with brilliance.  In other words, he was like his granduncle, Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582), the hero who gave an end to the Warring States Period.  Oeyo preferred Kunichiyo as the heir, or the third shogun.

     In 1624, Kunichiyo, now Hidetada (1606-1634), became the lords of Suruga, Totomi, and Kai Provinces.  As his greatest supporter, Oeyo, died in 1626, he was gradually cornered by Takechiyo, now Iemitsu (1604-1651), the third shogun.  In 1632, When their father, Hidetada, became critical, Tadanaga wasn’t allowed to visit his father.  After Hidetada’s death on January 24, he was confiscated with the 3 provinces. He was ordered to commit hara-kiri on January 5, 1634.

          The temple has the statue of Cintamanicakra, who usually has 6 arms and holds chintamani (a wish-fulfilling jewel) in one of the six.  The statue might have witnessed what Priest Seinin had done in the province(s) for his whole life.

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